Thoughts from Terry Hughes.1954-59


I joined the Elliott in Southfields in 1954 from William Penn in Peckham as an itinerant child (accompanied by my parents). I didn't enjoy it much as I was a poor student but the place seemed to grow on me and I settled into the routine of having lunch with the signing of Magna Carta- 1215- thanks to Mr Astley.

Mr Price was head master and others were Syd Morgan- (Maths, Music, Morgam, Murder, we used to say). He also taught Scripture....A little incongruent, for a guy who would slap the inside of your upper thigh so hard the bruise would last for a week!

Mr Hook, a nice guy and good teacher of Maths. His big claim to fame was his Triumph Mayflower saloon.

Then the move to Pullman Gardens and 3T. Mr Heally was our form master and took exception when, as a class, we voted the class villain as class captain. "I hope you're not trying to take advantage of Money". Trevor Money of course was his name.

People I remember. Stephon! ie Newton, Barbara Starnes, Derek Spragg, Derek Speller, Gerald Tong, Colin Heavey, Jacquline (?) and Linda Jeffs- they were great friends; Mary Hart, Susan Fein, Wendy Curtis, Phillip Drake, Bruce Gadsby, Graham (Charlie) Frost-now living in La belle France; Stephen Allender- our first refugee from Hungary; a young girl from Polland, whose name evades me, but her parents had a bakers shop in Putney close to the bridge. She arrived in the middle of a science class and had no English at all, poor thing. The science master- name also in evasion, tried French and German, but to no avail.

Also Anna Zappizzi(?) from Russia? The Balkans? She had reasonable English but was rumoured to be in her early twenties.

Other students and colleagues Jeff Sears, John Rofey, John Peak, Terry Giles(?),Malcom Mann, Malcom Peacock, Michael Beer, Patrica Ling, Paul Carter, Alan Greengrass, (Still with the Prudential Alan?), Sonja Hajissava(?),Rosely Hart, Keith Moralee, Ken Dobson, and many more. I

'm still in touch with Derek Spragg, Graham Frost- now lives in the Lore Valley, France and Jacquline Loftus- now Jacki Chia in Melbourne, Australia.... Most importantly..

Terry Baron
(Now in Australia)
 

If Manners Maketh Man........ What maketh Woman????

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